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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN
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The Atlanta Georgian.
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES
F.L. SEELY „
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The “Independents” Mean Partisanship,
The New York Independent prints with Us editorial
Indorsement an anonymous communication dealing with
the Atlanta riot with the statement from The Independent
that It was written by one of the best educated of Georgia
negroes "whose name, if It was safe to print, would have
carried confidence to all Its readers."
With regard to the educated negro who wrote It, The
Georgian from an absolute knowledge of the situation
denounces the statement to be a mass of tales, and regards
the attitude of The Independent in printing It as a wan
ton and unprovoked expression of Injustice to the South.
The article headed "The Atlanta Massacre" is one con
secutive string of falsehoods from beginning to end.
Lie i\umbsr one Is tbe statement that the Atlanta mob
grew out of the campaign of Hoke Smith for governor
and from ths comments of The Atlanta Journal during
that canvass. Ue number two Is lu the statement that
Ths Georgian Issued flaming extras during the period of
the riot. Any educated negro who lives In Atlanta or
. anywhere else will testify that The Georgian Issued no
extras, neither on the evening of the riot nor on the suc
ceeding days of Its continuance. Lie number three Is In
the statement that the business prosperity of certain ne
groes In Atlanta was an Inducement on the part of white
men to attack them. Lie number four !b the compre
hensive He In which the whole progress of the mob Is
misstated and In which are given Incidents of brutality
and horrors which no man ever saw and which never oc
curred lu Atlanta.
The Independent poses ns an honest and Independent
newspaper. It has had facilities for being both honest
and Independent. It has upon Its staff an eminent Georgia
woman who knows the truth of the Southern situation
and who haa doubtless told It to the other members of
the staff. But The Independent has printed as yet, not a
single paragraph stating the conditions surrounding the
mob and the awful provocation which produced ft, al
though that statement was at band on Monday morning,
September 24. It promptly and cheerfully lends its pseudo
independent columns to the diatribe of a negro who mis
represents from first to last In his statement of the con
ditions preceding the mob and of the Incidents which
characterized It.
The Independent Is not Independent. It Is malignant,
narrow, partisan and prejudiced to the last degree. It
seeks the negro side of the question while It studiously
avoids tbe open statement of the white man's aide. The
Independent la a negrophlllst without reason, and with
out limit. The kind of Independence which It pro
fesses and presents Is not that of a free, broad Ameri
can citizen, but that of a narrow New England fanatic
which every Southern subscriber ought tp resent.
Rldgway’s. /
Tbe notable literary event of the last week In tho
South la the appearance of Rldgway's Magazine. This
magazine was Issued from Atlanta as one of tho
fourteen cities In which It makes Its simultaneous ap
pearance. The Atlanta branch Is under charge of Mr.
Jos: Ohl, who was for so many years the able and
popular Washington correspondent of The Atlanta Con-
atltutlon. And this connection assures for the Atlanta
branch an able and capable treatment, and the Instant
affiliation of a multitude of friends. Rldgway's first ap
pearance makes an admirable Impression upon the mind
and eye of the South. Both In the excellence of Its read
ing matter careYully selected, and in the abundance;
and caliber of Its art editions, It la a very striking and
affective publication and will doubtless grow rapidly In
tbe appreciation and patronage of the people of Geor
gia-
The Georgian cordially wishes It success In this field
of activity and predicts that this will be speedily won.
The Monopoly Getting Scared. ,
It anyone doubts the effect that the crusade for
municipal ownership Is having upon the monopolies of
Atlanta and of Georgia, he lms only to watch the malls.
Uncle Sam’s poaches are pretty well filled every day
with the multitude of doctrines which are coming to the
city both from local mailing places and from ontslde
mailing places containing literature carefully selected to
antagonise the theory of municipal ownership.
Not a day passes but some pamphlet or booklet or
report bearing the earmarks of the monopoly comes Into
the malls of hundreds and thousands of Individuals
throughout the city, and perhaps throughout the state.
It la just ai w-ell for the people to be on guard against
these statements which are so carefully edited by the
agents of opposition. They are very specious In their
Ideas, and are apparently very well founded In their
origin, but with most of tbem It will be found that
they are the extraordinary statements of interested wit
nesses, and that they contain inrgely captious objections
and factional reports of experiments which havo had the
slightest complication. We are quite confident *tbat the
people of Atlanta are too well balanced in judgment aud |
too well settled In their convictions to be unbalanced or |
•hanged by these wordy demonstrations.
Very clever suggestion. Mayor Dunno, of Chicago, lo
advise Sir Thomas Upton it he couldn't "lift a cup” In
American waters to "lift an American bride In American
society.” And tbe same la to the credit of your honor and
speaks well for the lady mayoress and the twenty little
Dunnes who have come in season, and are always recog
nized.
Sir Thomas would be quits welcome aa a souln-law of
the republic
The Governor-Elect Makes Good.
When a great people In a distinct emergency elect
from tyelr number a strong man to bo their leader and
executive, they expect of him leadership and direction—
not timidity and time-serving.
And to this standard of expectation, Hoke Smith,
governor-elect of Georgia, rose on Wednesday at La-
Orange.
There Is all too much of timidity, hesitation and cow
ardice In the atmosphere of Georgia since the Atlanta
riot. Apology, explanation and protest have ruled the
hour, and In the wake of the priest or the tradesman,
the voices of tbe people and of the press have been, In
the main, timorous, Indefinite and altogether lacking In
that strong and aggressive comprehension which shapes
public events Into future policies, and dominates crises
In the real and durable Interests of civilization.
There la no cowardly and Indefinite note In Hoke
Smtth'a utterance at LaGrange. He was elected in the
majesty of magnificent numbers upon a definite platform
of white supremacy, and be has not forgotten the Is
sue and the people who answered It in the dplendid
emphasis of the August primaries.
Steadily and fearlessly the next governor of Georgia
lays down the doctrine that these two opposite, an
tagonistic and unequal races cannot and must not he
treated as equal under the laws of Georgia.
Without a moment's hesitation the strong man of
August 22 declares that the white man must accept the
full responsibility and control of the situation, and that
the legislation and Its execution which is to remedy the
appalling evils of the present must be wrought out un
der the doctrine of the white man's eternal superiority
and Hupremacy which Is not inconsistent with the black
man's safety and protection under the law.
It Is significant beyond measure that the man just
elected governor of Georgia by tbe greatest majority
In Its history, declares his belief , that tbs races may
eventually separate, and that the policy of the Caucasian
must* be founded upon the wisest and safest control of
the negro while he is a part of our system of govern
ment. “The fourteenth amendment,” declares Mr. Smith,
hinders the most Intelligent mode of handling the
subject,” and he Intimates that the time wilt come when
the national government must legislate for the negro as
haa long been accustomed to legislate for the Indian.
The governor-elect devotes much time to the dis
cussion of the criminal negro, the Idle, loafing negro,
and the vagrant, and the methods of keeping them under
rigid control. He stresses the necessity of teaching the
negro In the public schools more of character, industry
and responsibility than of the contents of books, and he
emphasizes with all his great natural force the Important
fact that the industrious and law-abiding negro can only
escape responsibility for the crimes of his race when he
contributes all his' energies and all his honesty to prevent
these crimes and to deliver tbe criminals of his race to
justice.
To this sound and candid expression Mr. Smith adds
the assurance that tbe white man must and will protect
the Industrious and law-abiding negro and help him In
every possible way.
It Is refreshing and Inspiring to the philosopher of
events to find In the first utterance of the next governor
of Georgia an utter absence of those empty platitudes
of maudlin regret which have been all too common In
the atmosphere of recent discussion, and a bold and
vigorous expression of a mind and spirit which grasps
firmly the nettle of our present danger and proposes to
advocate and to execute the racial policies upofi which
the will and the wish of the people has been so magnifi
cently expressed In the last state election.
Timidity and the commercial spirit are the debilitat
ing Influences which hamper the firm and permanent so
lution of tho pressing problems of our time.
There was never a crista In which both courage ant)
commerce $rer* not called upon for tribute and sacrifice
and In this great question which. Involves the Integrity of
race, the unity of the republic, and the sanctity of our
noble women, It is a matter of rejoicing that at tbe helm
of state wo have n brave, firm hand that will be always
duly regardful, but never slavish and subordinate to the
whine of the dollar or the selfishness of trade,
The govornor-elect has made good In his first ut
toranco in Georgia, and we congratulate both him and
ourselves u|>on the courage of his views and the inspir
ing candor of their expression.
OUR PLATFORM—The Georgian stands for Atlanta’s Owning its own gas and elec
tric light plants, as it now owns its Water works. Other cities do this and get gas as low as 60 cents,
with a profit to (be city. This should be done ai once. The Georgian believes that if street rail
ways can be operated successfully by European cities, as they are, there is no good reason why they
can not be so operated here. But we do not believe this can be done now, and it may be some years be
fore We are ready for so big an undertaking. Still Atlanta should set its face in that direction NOW
I GOSSIP
RACE RI0T8 AND THEIR REMEDY.
To the Editor of Ths Georgian:
In the prelude to the night sermon at
the Second Baptist church, of Chicago
last Sunday. Pastor John Roach Stra-
ton discussed the subject of "Race
Riots and Their Remedy.” He said in
the beginning that his long residence In
the south, and especially in Atlanta,
Oa^ where the riots of the post week
occurred, had given him opportunlty
for careful observation of the situation
between the races. He said thnt every
conslderatton of honor and honesty-
required that we treat the negroes with
fairness and justlca. They are not here
through their own choice, but na ths
result of the greed and inhumanity of
our forefathers, and it Is Incumbent
upon us, therefore, to give them, a
square deal.
"But,” said tbe minister, “we must
not forget also to be Just to our own
people end to our white brethren in
the south. If the north could fully-
understand the burden that the south
Is bearing, there would be only a feel
ing of profoundeat sympathy for the
section. If we could Imagine In Illi
nois, In Chicago, such conditions as
exist In the south, we would be slow
to Judge our southern brethren hastily
or harshly. The Increase of the un
speakable crime of the negro man
since the civil war Is one of the most
appalling facts In our national history,
and it has brought ubout in the south
tt condition that has never before been
confronted by any civilization. Over
every home lu the southland the shad
ow of an awful, haunting dread con
stantly hangs, i received in yesterday's
mall a letter from a dear friend—the
father of a family. In which he told
that he had decided to give up a
trip away from home that he had
planned, because, aa he said, "The bad
negro haa become such a menace that
I do not dare leave my wife and
daughter at home alone.” Hon. John'
Temple Graves, editor of The Atlanta
Georgian., told me. personally during
his recent visit to Chicago that lie
lived In constant dread because of the
unfortunate situation. His home Is at
College Park, a suburb nine miles
from Atlanta, and he declared to me
that he never turned his face home
ward In the evening from the duties
of the city without feeling an Inde
scribable apprehension that something
might be wrong In the home: and If
that Is the case ip the cities, you can
Imagine what the feeling must bo In
the eparsely settled country districts,
where the blaclu often outnumber tho
whites ten to one. Think of the far
mer, who has to leave his home qpd
go, sometimes three or four miles away
to plow his distant Held, leaylng his
wife at home alone to prepare his din
ner! Think of the unspeakable and
horribly fear that hangs constantly
over them both.
”THe burning of the negro, Sam Hose,
near Xewnan, Oa., a few years agb.
was one of the most disgraceful and
distressing events In the history of
our country, and it deserved the de
nunciation that was given It by the
northern press; and, yet. the other
side of the awful tragedy should have
been even more heartily denounced
than the crime which avenged It. Sam
Hose was a trusted farm hand. ■■
had been kindly treated by every mem
ber of the family, which he later de
stroyed. One night the family^ were
Nooks and Comers
of American History
By REV. THOMAS B. GREGORY.
Max Barber and His Lie.
We are Indebted to a Chicago paper for tho In
formation that J. Max Barber has shaken the tfust
of Atlanta from his feet and that the Voice of the
Negro will henceforth be published In the city of
wind. Chicago Is welcome to Max. He Is the negro
who wrote the anonymous letter to the New York
World In which he first Inaugurated that infamous
falsehood that the outrages upon white women which
provoked tho mob were all committed by white men
with burnt cork on their face*. Dozens of the news
papers have wantonly paraded this shameful lie on
the lips of other Irresponsible negroes and It has
gone broadcast through the region of prejudice to do
its damnable work.
MR. FREDERICK WARDE.—The Atlanta Lyce
um put Its best toot foremost on Its opening night
In presenting to the Atlanta public Mr. Frederick
Warde to lecture upon Shakespeare and his plnys.
Mr. Warde has for many years past been recog
nized ns the leading actor of the legitimate upon
the American stage. His long experience, diligent
study, and magnificent equipment in temperament
and personality have made him tho most powerful
and popular interpreter of the 8hakespearean
drama of our country.
HI* lecture Wednesday night drew, as It certain
ly ought to have drawn, a rep'reseatytlve audience of
the culture and taste of Atlanta.
And It does not need to l>e said that lo those
who board him. the recompense wan rich Indeed in
pleasure anti In profit to every member of the lyeeum
and to every visitor to Its opening entertainment.
The character of the lycoum la constantly advanc
ing. and as the taste nf the people becomes more and
more educated to the higher thlnga, the lower forma
of platform entertainment will give way to the bet
ter and higher expressions which carry dignity and
educational profit aloug with pleasant entertain-
meat.
seated at the supper table—the father,
his wife and the baby, when, suddenly,
without a moment’s warning, the door
was opened In the rear of tbe father's
chair, and the negro, Sam Hose,
stepped Into the room, and sank an
ax blade Into the skull of the husband
and father, and then slapped the baby
from its high chair and Into Insensi
bility, and kept the wife and mother a
prisoner for hours In the very room
where her dead husband was weltering
In his blood and brain. Can It be
much wondered that the neighbors of
tlmt highly respected and beloved fam
ily should have come together and
hunted down that man very much us
they would have hunted u wild beast of
the jungle?
"And take the situation which called
forth the.ilots In Atlanta. * For weeks
there had been assault after assault
right there In that great city, until
the tension between the races hod be
come Intense. On Saturday, preceding
the outbreak on Sunday, there were
four outrages perpetrated on white
ladles by negroes. They kept coming
one nfter the other from different parts
of the city, and tho news fired the
cttlxenshlp more and more. Now, At
lanta has a population of only a hun
dred thousand people. If we had had
in Chicago a proportionals number^ of
assaults, th
htre would havo basn eighty
aglne what your feeling would have
been, and what the feeling of this en
tire community would have been, If
there had been eighty assaults on
white ladles and children by negro
men within our city during one after
noon and night? Would we not have
witnessed here, as we witnessed at
Springfield, Ohto even more disgrace
ful scenes than those which occurred
in the southern city?
“This Is said not to justify nor to
excuse the awful Iniquity of racial
prejudice and lynching. Lynch law
means the ruin of civilization. It Is
unspeakable folly, because It does not
check these crimes, but causes more
of them through the sensatlonnl dis
cussions which the riots call forth.
Unless we can protect our civilization
by law, then anarchy alone awaits us,
and we ought In all sections of our
country, north and south, to realize
this, and re-establish the reign of law.
And the people of the north need to
exercise patience and charity tonnrd
their brethren In the south, because
the burden that the south Is baaring
Is a grievous burden.
"But one nf the saddest parts of the
whole situation In regard to these ra
cial outbreak* la that the Innocent are
made to suffer as well RS the guilty.
The outbreaks against the negro In
8pringfleld. Ohio, and In New Vork.
qnd In. Leavenworth, Knn.. and Ir.
Terre Haute and Evansville, Ind.. as
well ns throughout the south, have
demonstrated that racial prejudice Is
on the Increase Instead of decrease,
anil tt bodes no gi-nd for our country.
There Is a need of Christian sympathy
and eo-operation on the part of all the
people from all sections of our country,
that a more Christian spirit mav come
to prevail lu our desllngr with this and
with nil of our other problems. .Chris
tianity. at last, is Die only ho|-c for
bettering present conditions between
the races, and for the safeguarding
of the future. The mean white man
anti tho had negro can never solve this
problem. Bat a Christian snlrlt. ever
growing and declining within the
rank* of both rare*, will bring about
a better state of affairs."
CITIZEN.
Some Pennsylvania Land Dealt.
Against William Penn there are very
few- black marks, but the same can
not be said of his suns, especially qf
hia son Thomas.
Memorable among the ryal estate
transactions of Thomas Penn 1s that
known as "The Walking Purshase," of
the year 1727.
Penn claimed that a deed had been
given to his father by the Indians for
a tract of land a certain distance back
from the Delaware, and parallel to It.
as far as a man could walk In a day
and a half.
When it came to confirming this al
leged deed Thomas resorted to the tac-
,tlct which were worthy of Jacob of old.
He hired the fleetest-footed woodsmen
he could find, qnd In addition had the
ground surveyed, the trees marked and
a party of horsemen to speed the walk
ers In every way that was possible.
The Indians sent a party of their
braves along to look after their In
terests, but they soon gave up the job.
claiming that (he walkers were run
ning rather than walking. When the
day and a half were up the walkers
were SO miles beyond the Lehigh river.
Not only so. The line, Instead of be
ing drawn from tho end of the walk
directly to the Delaware, as It ought
to have been, was slanted upward for a
Inng distance, so as to include the en
tire Mlnlslnk country, the most de
sirable part of the province.
Very naturally the defrauded Dela
wares were decidedly reluctant about
leaving their beautiful Mlnlslnk hunt
ing grounds, and then It was that
Thomas resorted to more tactics. Be
ing unable of himself to oust the Del
awares from the coveted territory,
Penn sent an agent with fine presents
to the dreaded Iroquois, with the re
quest that they use their Influence In
the case. The Iroquois took the hint
and sent the Delawares the following
message: "You know that you are
women. Return to whore you came
from." The fear of their overlords was
effective, and the Delawares moved
further west, leaving the valuable re
gion In the hands of Penn.
In 1764 Penn consummate^ another
of hls shady land deals.
By deceiving the Indians with com
pass courses which they did not un
derstand, and by tricking them Into
granting a deed with the signatures of
the tribes residing within tho region,
the unworthy scion of the good Wil
liam acquired a territory west of the
Susquehanna of some seven millions of
acres—an area equnl to the state of
Maryland—for 750 pounds!
In other words, the price that the
poor red men received for their land
was the thirty-ninth of a penny on
acre!
And Thomas Pehn was a Christian—
and the Indians were "benighted heath
en," Ignorant of the “will of God" and
the "law of Christ!"
Says the author of "The Thirteen'
Colonies:" 'When the Indians learned
of this grant and were told that they
must fall back among the stranger
tribes to the westward, they went over
in a body to tho French, and were soon
shooting down the British regulars and
tearing scalps from the heads of worn
en and children in Pennsylvania" M
And the "Christians" threw up their
hands In holy horror to think of the
atrocities of the "red devils! ’’
THINK8 WHISKY THE CAUSE.
To tho Editor of The Georgian:
I have read In the columns nf your
paper various opinions as to the causes
that led to tho riot, and I must say
that the Rev. Sam Jones Is the only
one who, has "hit the spot.”
You can trace the cause of the re
cent riots to Its last analysis and you
will find that It Is whisky. You may
call It mean whisky, Decatur street
whisky, but take the best of It on De
catur street, and It will have the same
effect. •
Whisky In th# hands of a negro
brute makes him a demon that knows
no law and fears mo punishment. To
gratify his momentary desires Is'hls
ony aim. Fire is added to hls animal
desires and a rape is the consequence.
Whisky In the hands of a white
man makes him lawless, shameless,
heartless and without regard even for
hls own flesh and blood. The murderer,
the gambler, tho defaulter cornea from
this class. This same whisky that
caused the rape caused the lawless
white element to shed Innocent blood,
disgrace our city and cant a shadow
upon Southern manhood.
Our country friends hhve long since
discovered that to protect their wo
men they must get rid of whisky, for
a mean negro follows the whisky. At
lanta has monopolized the whisky busi
ness and has drawn the vicious negroes
from all parts of the state, for they
have not adapted themselves to the
"mail order system." •
'Our poor, helpless women and.chil
dren suffer enough from starvation and
brutal treatment from drunken white
men without heaping upon their de
fenseless heads the negro rapist.
'It Southern men could feel that
whisky was an army, that made such
havoc of homes, fortunes, lives; that
murdered the Innocent, starved the
helpless and raped our women, they
would shed the last drop of blood they
possessed to dethrone It. Whisky Is an
army, If they could but realise It—an
army generated by whisky dealers, with
landlords, politicians and newspapers
as lieutenants. I will not attempt to
describe the rank and file of this army,
that inarches heedlessly over women
and children, that leaves blood tears
and new made graves In Its wake.
We have grown callous over the sit'
tuition. We hove been "doped" by the
politicians, and some at the newepa
T^tank God for The Georgian with
Its clean sheets and Its brave editor and
proprietor, who have nerve enough to
turn down whisky page ads
If you want to know the cause of
rape and riots, “ask the revenue of'
fleer."
GEORGE J. CARPENTER.
VALUE OF PROVING THE FACT8.
THE VALUE OF THAT LETTER.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
Dear Sir—Having read with deep
Interest and full approbation your pow
erful and eloquent letter to The New
York World, I forwarded The Georgian
to The Portland Oregonian, with tbe
comment that it voiced my own senti
ments and expressed, as I believe, the
feelings of every decent white man In
Christendom.
The Oregonian, which Is by all odds
the greatest newspaper In tho West,
has not always been the most chari
table critic of the Bouth In Its discus
sions of the race question. But you
can see that the letter In The World
had Its Impression. It elicited the en
closed editorial leader, which is os
nearly fair as Northern papers ever get
to Southern problems.
I confess myself, with The Oregon
ian, that the way by which the races
are to be separated te not clear to me.
But whether the negro shall go or stay,
you are still face to face with an awful
problem.
However, the people of the South
owe the editor of The Georgian a pro
found debt of gratitude for the Influ
ence that he has, by voice and pen,
exerted on the Northern mind, respect'
Ing the real situation In the South.
My heartiest good wishes to The
Georgian, which, In my- humble Judg
ment, has no superior In the newspaper
world—and few equals. It Is an Ideal
newspaper. In depth and versatility of
thought. In brendth and charity of
vision. In profundity of philosophy and
statesmanship and In eloquence, virility
and beauty of expression.
Sincerely yours.
ROBERT MONTGOMERY.
Puyallup, Washington State, Oct. 4.
Dogs for Motor Care.
From The London Stnndard.
The cult of pet dogs has led In Paris
to perhaps more erases and fads than
anywhere else. I am told that for the
moment, however, the attention of fad
dists Is diverted from useless, if pretty,
balls of puff to training larger dogs for
motor cars
The motor car dog Is trained to guard
the car when the owner leaves it tem
porarily by the roadside; but. Incident
ally. It Is necessary to have a dog
which takes kindly to high speeds, and
also to the clothing which Is necessary
to keep him warm In winter, and to
the spectacle* for hls eye*. According
lo The Figaro, the bnuledogue t* no
good, because he hates motor cars,
while the fox terrier Is bound to be
too nervous.
So far. the best dogs have proved to
be the Scotch sheep dog, tho collie, and,
above nil. _thc poodles, which, us soon
as they see a car. ore said lo jump Into
tbe sent and submit to the goatskin
and the spectacles with every appear
ance of pleasure.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
Amidst oil the discussions, reports,
recommendations, demonstrations,
commands and requests about thz re
cent race riot In the new capital of
the South, the most sensible thing I
have bead or heard Is your editorial
of the 24th, "For Information of the
Outside World."
Mayor Woodward's "Appeal for the
Reign of the Law” came too late. Th*
law had been broken. If the law had
been reigning thorn Decatur street
dives would have been closed before
Saturday night. If the law had been
reigning those eleven assaults would
never have been committed or
tempted.
Our system of laws Is defective at
some points. Where I do not know.
And their execution Is entirely too
slack, and Is fast becoming to be re
garded as a farce. Why I do not know.
The condemnation of the rioting and
lawlessness by the citizens, and espe
cially the ministers of Atlanta, was
time and breath wasted. It did not
help the situation.
I <lo not believe In unjustly criti
cism* anybody, and I most especially
do not wleh to lay my hand or voice
upon one of our ministers in a way to
hurt or harm, but Dr. Jones struck a
responsive chord In my heart In hi*
talk upon why tbe ministry was fall
ing off when he said: 'This age of
commercialism had rather a minister
would wobble in biff doctrine than hie
te."
class of citizens who cause and
compose these riots need the gospel.
There Is nothing else that will take ltd
place.
When our Master ws* upon this
earth He mixed and mingled with and
preached to the rabble; the outcasts
were received by Him.
I fear the church today Is drifting
too close toward the Pharisaical Idea
of the old Jewish church. It Is not
the whole who need a physician, but
the sick.
When a man has lost hls reason for
the moment and is guided only by th*
Impulse of revenge, the cry to sup
press, disperse, disarm, etc., falls upon
deaf ears.
There Is only one thing that can avail
then, and that Is an opposing fores of
more men and guns. The sympnthy
tendered the innocent sufferers Is time
ly, but does no more good than sym
pathy at any other time. Whenever
any wrong Is committed Innocent peo
ple always suffer when the guilty are
punished.
But your article, referred to above,
S 'vc* an explanation of the cause of
Is riot (which can not lie Justified
either legally or morally). It tells ex
actly why and hotv It happened. It
gives a remedy—separate the races. It
appeals for help; will It be given us?
ir so, we can separate peacefully and
orderly.
For the present, as well as the fu
ture, let this be a warning not only to
the negroes of Atlanta, but of the en
tire South, that so long as we remain
together white people are going to rule,
and are going to remain their supe
riors. Let It also be an Incentive to
them to do everything In their power
to prevent the crime which cause* riot
ing.
LEMUEL D. KINO.
Covington, tin.. Sept. 2(, 1906.
By CHOLLY KNICKERBOCKER.
New York, Oct. II.—Another Intse,
national marriage has gone wrong
After a brief marital experience th*
pretty love romance of Mr. and Mrs
George A. Schrotor. of New York
Greece and Mexico, has come to «
end, and It was learned today that
tho couple have parted. The wife hai
taken apartments In the Manhattan,
while the htisband has gone to Meg.
Ico.
Mrs. Schroter, before her marries*
v.os the Countess De Lilly, of Athena
Greece, granddaughter of General
Coloo Dronls, leader in the Hellenic
fight for Independence in 12H, an j
sister of a present aide de camp te
King George. Mr. Schroter la well
known in mining circles. He la chief
engineer for the Venture Mining Cor*
poration of London, and the Strottoz
Independence mine. He has large bus.
Inefs Interests In Mexico.
it waa In Mexico nearly a year ago
that he inet the countess, who waa
traveling. They fell In love and. aftez
an arduous wooing, became engaged.
They were married July 2 by Rev. Dr.
George Nixon In the presence of many
friends, and later there was annthei
service ceremony In the Greek church
In Manhattan.
Strange things happen in New Jer
sey. Rev. John L. Scudder, of Jersey
City, was holding a temperance meet
ing in Ills church, the First Congrcga-
tlonal. Tho "demob rum" was getting
all that was coming to him, when
Randolph Deutl, a saloon keeper, ask
ed for tho privilege of the floor, which
was granted to him. Among other
thlnga, Mr.'Deutl said:
“The spirit of Intolerance hat
brought no good to any cause, and no
church should try to wipe out a legal
ized buslnees. In Germany, where l
was born, there Is no liquor question.
“You cannot keep men from drink
ing. Tbe thing to do Is to better tht
conditions under which liquor Is sold.
The church must teach men not to
drink to excess.. The church must
preach against th* treating habit,
which la an evil one.
"Saloon keepers should not sell to
any man who is Intoxicated."
There was a good deal more In the
same vein. When Deutl sat down he
was applauded vigorously, which Is
not the least strange part of the pro
ceeding.
The wedding of Miss Elsie Marlon
Farrell, of Anson la, Conn., worth $2,-
000,000 In her own right and heiress to
15,000,000, and George II. Goss, of Wa.
terbury, has given aoclety folk some
thing to talk about. About eighteen
months ago, Miss Farrell broke an en
gagement to marry David "Huylef
Gaines, nephew of David Huyler, the
New York candy man, because ho
ducked her and her mother after shoot
ing the chutee. -
She also showed her independence
several years ago by working os a
stenographer for $15 a week.
Oosa waa formerly a member of the
Yale football team, and was a class
mate of aafines. The latter waa se
cretly married to Miss Florence Steu-
ber. an Erie, Pa., heiress In New York,
last June.
Norfolk, Conn., la mourning the loss
of the "village cut up.” He Is P- R.
Haycock, who ha* come to New York
as chauffeur for C. E. Bigelow. Hay
cock, before leaving Norfolk, distrib
uted this card among hls lady friends:
P. R. Haycock. Cable address,
"I Got a Feeling Por You." Hold-
fog hand* a specialty, wholesale
and retail dealer In love, kisses
and up-to-date hugs. I hare no
solicitors, persons claiming to be
are fakirs. A trial Is all I ask. Sole
proprietor of Lover’s Lane. Special
attention to other people’s girls."
Said one Norfolk girl today: "It Is
Indeed to be regretted that tuch a man
Is to leave Norfolk, but our loss will
bo New York's gain."
Former Alderman Thomas Cleary,
the Equitable Life Assurance Society's
120,000-a-year janitor. Is dead at bis
home In Bath Beach of Bright's dis
ease. Clary represented the first as-
sembly district In the board of aider-
men and wa* a former chief of the
volunteer lira department.
During the Insurance Investigation
last year It wa* brought out that
Cleary, aa janitor, was paid 126,000 a
year, more than half the salary nf the
president of the United States, and
that he lived rent free In apartments
on Broad street owned by th* Equita
ble.
It was while holding the place ns
janitor that Cleary was elected to the
famous "boodle board of aldermen."
He served for several years and Anally
was Indicted for bribery. The Indict
ment, however, was dismissed on tht
plea of th* district attorney that the
prosecution of Cleary wa* well-nigh
impossible because of difficulty of pro-
urlng sufficient evidence.
GEORGIANS IN GOTHAM.
Army Hae New Officers.
Special service* will he held at the
Salvation Array hall on Marietta street
' Thursday evening to welcome Adju
tant and Mrs. Jackson, who have ar
rived front Knoxville. Tcnn.. to ti.!:<>
the places of Ensign and Mrs. Boucher,
who have been transferred to New
Orleans. Adjutant Wldgery, .secretary
to Major Berriman, will Introduce tbe
new officers.
Anti-Phonetic.
From an Exchange.
President Eliot, of Harvard, la no be.
Ilever In tbe Roosevelt spelling reform.
Once there was a student who was a
candidate for the degree of doctor of
hilosopby. This man adopted spell-
form ns bln particular line of
work, and a* commencement dav drew
near be went to President Etiot with a
request. "You know. Mr. President." 'T^—Battle nf Vigo.
New York, Oct. 11.—Here are some of
the visitors In New York today:
ATLANTA—A. C. Holdt, E. H.
Barnes.
IN PARI8.
Paris, Oct. 11.—Mr. and Mrs. Aaron
Haas, of Atlanta, Oa.. registered at the
office of the European edition of The
Herald today.
THIS DATE IN HISTORY.
OCTOBER 11,
he mild, "that you are proposing to
make me a Ph.D. Now. 1 have made a
specialty of spelling reform and I nl-
way* spell philosophy with an f. I
therefore called to ask yon if you coaid
not Ton he my degree F.D. Instead of
Pli. D'."' "Certainly, in/ dear sir," re
plied the president of Harvard. "In
fact. If you insist we shall make It a
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